Lotus Concept Ice Vehicle (CIV)

Note: this is not a press release from Lotus, at the time of
writing this I only have a series of images, no comments from
Lotus yet.

The Lotus Ice Vehicle was developed to be taken
to Antarctica on the Moon Regan TransAntarctic Expedition. The
vehicle will aid the research going on in the region. To be able
to withstand the harsh polar environment, the Lotus Ice Vehicle
has been tested in Sweden. The CIV is a biofuel powered,
propeller-driven trike on skids. It measures 4.5 meters long and
4.5 meters wide and has independent suspension all around. There
is a ice penetrating radarin the nose of the vehicle to detect
crevasses. The CIV is light enough for a man to pull it across
difficult terrain, which basically makes it an Elise for
explorers. It has an "ice-break" under the cockpit, a spiked "foot"
for stopping on icy terrain.

Lotus released today a set of photos that present the Lotus Ice
Vehicle. No other information has been released on the project.